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Maths Assessment Year 3 Term 3: Addition and Subtraction

1. Add and subtract numbers mentally.

2. Add and subtract numbers with up to three digits, using formal written methods of columnar addition
and subtraction.

3. Estimate the answer to a calculation and use inverse operations to check answers.

4. Solve problems, including missing number problems, using number facts, place value, and more complex
addition and subtraction.

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total marks

Maths Assessment Year 3 Term 3: Addition and Subtraction

1. Add and subtract numbers mentally.

a) b) c)

d) e) f)
6 marks

2. Add and subtract numbers with up to three digits, using formal written methods of
columnar addition and subtraction.
Using a formal written method, find the answers:

a) 43 + 62 = b) 403 - 178 = c) 372 + 559 =

3 marks

3. Estimate the answer to a calculation and use inverse operations to check answers.
a) Write down calculations that could be estimated as follows. One has been done for you:
Estimate Possible calculation

500 + 200 = 512 + 187

350 + 150 =

600 - 350 = 2 marks

b) Use this calculation to answer the following:

307
+ 94 401 - 94 = 401 - 307 =

401 1 mark

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4. Solve problems, including missing number problems, using number facts, place value, and
more complex addition and subtraction.
a) Write in the missing numbers:

+ 75 = 200 100 - = 81

- 36 = 99 281 + = 713 4 marks

Solve these problems:

b) Sonny has £4.50. He wants to buy a present for his dad that costs £6.25. How much
more money does he need to save?

£ 1 mark

c) Jack, Tom and Leanne have collected World Cup football cards. Jack has 46, Tom 59 and
Leanne 124.
i) How many more does Leanne have than Tom?

1 mark

ii) How many cards to Jack, Tom and Leanne have altogether?

1 mark

d) On Red Nose Day, two Year 3 classes sell iced biscuits. One class raises £5.20 and the
other £6.85. How much do they raise altogether?

£ 1 mark

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Teacher Script and Answer Sheet: Maths Assessment Year 3 Term 3:
Number - Addition and Subtraction

question 1 Teacher script for mental maths questions

a 263 + 5 = b 502 - 4 = c 176 + 50 =

d 790 - 50 = e 39 + 600 = f 892 - 700 =

question answer marks notes

1. Add and subtract numbers mentally.

268 498 226

6 Award 1 mark for each correct answer.
740 639 192

2. Add and subtract numbers with up to three digits, using formal written methods of columnar addition and
subtraction.

a 105 1
Award 1 mark for each correct answer.
b 225 1 Do not award a mark if no written
columnar method has been shown.
c 931 1

3. Estimate the answer to a calculation and use inverse operations to check answers.

Award 1 mark for each calculation with

350 + 150 = 361 + 135
a 2 a reasonable answer. Do not accept
600 - 350 = 589 - 356
attempts to calculate the exact answer.
Award 1 mark for correctly showing both
b 307,94 1 correct answers. No written calculations
should be shown on the page.
4. Solve problems, including missing number problems, using number facts, place value, and more complex
addition and subtraction.

125 +75=200 100- 19 =81

a 4 Award 1 mark for each correct answer.
135 -36=99 281+ 432 =713

b £1.75 1

c 65 1

d 229 1

e £12.05 1

Total 20

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